We've reported on the various ways workplace wellness programs can help increase employee engagement (or even employee recruitment) in the U.S. (for example here, here, and here). But what about outside the U.S.? We provided news from the UK here, which showed that a...

We have often reported on the increased amount of time that employees spend sitting, and the risks that too much sitting puts on employee health and health behaviors (for example here, here and here). We also report on new ways to engage employees in workplace...

One challenge for people who face genetic obesity risk often is the belief that exercise and diet may have no positive effect. This also can be a challenge when engaging obese employees in a workplace wellness program. A new study shows that this belief simply may not...

News from the UK via Insight: A recent study from the Reward and Employee Benefits Association (Reba) found that wellness programs are on the rise -- "a third of companies have a wellness strategy in place, with 80 per cent having introduced one in the last three...

We reported recently (here) on ways that wellness programs can help engage employees. Now a new piece in Business Insurance emphasizes another known workplace wellness engagement trend: Rewards help. The piece states: "Wellness programs are often plagued with low...

CIO Magazine reports that "A recent study from Staples Business Advantage, done in conjunction with workplace expert Jacob Morgan, found that 91 percent of employees say they work more than 40 hours a week. However, they are not spending that time getting ahead on...